The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-24
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

| At Kansas City, Mo-, last night, Jas. Smith,
! formerly a Chicago q Alton conductor, stabbed
and probably fatally injured Otto Drogmond in
| an alteration over real estate transaction.
| DR. VIII Goldman, young Toledo physician,
| was struck in the head with gas-pipe at his
Office, Thursday, by II. r Townsend, a negro,
and is believed to be fatally injured His assail-
| ant is in custody.
Burglars blew open the safe and vault of the
| Farmers Bank at Concord. Mich, yesterday
| morning, but were driven away by approaching
| daylight before they could open the inside
| strong box, which contained $l5, 900.
The Michigan State Department was officially
notified yesterday of the the vacancy in the
| Eleventh district, caused by the death of Con-
| gresham Moffat. The Governor will probably
defer calling an election until after the holidays
The annual report of the Manhattan Elevated
railroad, fled at Albany yesterday. shows net
earnings amounting to over per cent. on $50.
600 600 stock. As Sl3, 600. 900 of the stock is
water, the earnings amounted to over Il per
cent
Premier Norquay, of Manitoba. and several
of his Cabinet have resigned, and DR.. Hamilton
has taken charge The Legislature will meet
on the 18th of January, when the ex-Premier
will move the appointment of committee to in
vestigate the charges against him.
At a meeting of Tammany Hall Democrats.
held Thursday night, resolutions were adopted
suggesting to the national committee the advisa-
bility of holding the convention in New York,
and the speedy enactment by Congress of such
measures as will reduce the surplus IN the Treas
ury.
Frank c. McNeily, the young man who robbed
the Saco, Me, bank, where he was employed,
was arrested at the Halifax Hotel yesterday.
He has been in Halifax since Sunday last
when he arrived in the steamer Polynesian
from England. He registered at the hotel as
w. E. Stuyvesant.
An explosion of dynamite at limestone quar-
ry BroCkfield, Colchester county, \. s..
killed four men, of them being Alexander
Mcdonald, proprietor of the quarry. They
were warming dynamite previous to using it for
a blast when it exploded. it is supposed from
overheating. a man and woman who were
present, escaped with slight injuries.
A shocking accident happened to the family
of VIM. Eakin of Brookield, O.. Thursday
night. Mr.. Eakin. his wife and two children
We're sitting by a center table, when hanging
lamp fell down between them. Mr.. Eakin and
his wife were both badly burned about the arms
and face, and both children were badly burned.
One child died within six hours after the acct
dent occurred.
There is considerable excitement in Roman
Catholic circles at Toronto the circular is
sued to each supporter of separate schools at
the instance of the Toronto branch of the Irish
National League. calling every Irish Catholic
to oppose at the polls those trustees who
marched in the procession the day of the
Queens jubilee last June. There will likely
be lively times between the Nationalist and the
other party nomination day.
The box-office receipts of the National Opera
Company attached at Minneapolis. Thurs
day night, during the performance of Nero"
by the sheriff, at the instance of New York cred
itOrS, Though the receipts of the st. Paul
gagcment amounted to several thousand dollars
the management claims to have lost s., 400 in
that city, and Manager Conklin of the Grand
Opera house, at Minneapolis had to become
sponsible for board bin of $50 at the Hotel
Ryan before Manager Locke could bring over
his baggage.